NAME

DESCRIPTION

       apt-transport-s3  -  it's  a  package which contains apt transport ('plugin') allowing apt to fetch files
       stored in private repositories held on AWS S3.

AWS Credentials

       To access repositories held on S3 it is compulsory to have correct  permissions  into  the  bucket  where
       repository is located and those permissions have to be reflected in at least one of below two places.

       IAM Roles default place where S3 transport is looking for credentials allowing for fetching files from S3
       bucket

       /etc/apt/s3auth.conf credentials configuration file in ini format without section headers

URI format

       URI  format is in standard apt format only difference with S3 transport is that instead of HTTP(s), cdrom
       or FTP protocol s3 should be used
       ex.  deb s3://bucket_name.s3.amazonaws.com/ testing main contrib non-free

EXAMPLE /etc/apt/s3auth.conf

        AccessKeyId = myaccesskey
        SecretAccessKey = mysecrectkey
        Token = ''

                                                 August 14, 2014                             APT-TRANSPORT-S3(8)